Requires the city of New York to repair any sidewalk damaged by a tree under its exclusive care

• Republican1

◆ The sponsor's argument

Why Toby Ann Stavisky says this is needed

The city of New York currently has a "Trees and Sidewalk Program" that requires the city to repair any sidewalk damaged by a "curbside tree" that is adjacent to any one-, two- or three-family residential! proper- ty. This policy has proven to be effective in making sure the necessary repairs are made to sidewalks that have been damaged by city-owned trees thereby protecting pedestrians from injury due to damaged sidewalks and to improve "tree health" without unfairly burdening property owners with the significant costs of repairs that are caused by trees over which they have no right to maintain or remove. The bill seeks to codify this important and successful policy so it is not subject to the political influences that may be caused by changes in elected officials or administrative changes. In addition, the bill will expand the program to include the repair of Sidewalks damaged by *city Owned"' trees that are adjacent to cooper- ative, and condominium properties in class two, that are in whole or in part Owner occupied and used exclutiVely for residential purposes, as well as any house of religious worship. The owners of these properties are entitled to the same assistance from the city that is given to owners of One-, two and three-family home6.:

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.